However, noticing this scene, Lucario's eyes lit up.
'Bone Rush!'
Lucario gripped the air, and Earth Attribute Chakra condensed in its hands to form two bone-like Chakra sticks.
Whoosh!!
At this moment, the intense fire pillar spewed by Charizard approached.
However, Lucario had already planned everything out in its mind.
It suddenly jumped back onto the tree behind it.
The flames maintained by Charizard continued to sweep toward the trees behind.
Wham!
Lucario exerted its full strength and, using the tree, leapt high into the air.
Charizard, sensing Lucario's actions, panicked slightly, but at this point, couldn't possibly ascend to a height where Lucario couldn't attack, so Charizard could only dodge sideways.
Yet, Charizard didn't expect that Lucario had only feigned an attack and had actually leapt to another tree.
Bam!
Successfully deceiving Charizard, Lucario once more leapt up fiercely, swinging the bone stick with force onto Charizard.
Charizard's eyes widened, and the immense force from the hit made it realize why Lycanroc had been knocked down in two hits.
Unable to maintain its flight after the collision, Charizard crashed heavily to the ground.
At that moment, the flames on Charizard's tail began to burn fiercely.
'Flamethrower!'
Fallen on the ground, Charizard didn't have time to think much and immediately spewed out a large amount of flames to prevent Lucario from continuing its assault.
If Lucario were impatient, Charizard might have achieved miraculous results.
But Lucario wasn't impetuous; upon sensing Charizard's intentions with its Aura Power, it chose to stay put and gather an Aura Missile.
When the flames stopped and Charizard took to the air, the blue energy ball once again smashed towards Charizard.
Boom!
Charizard fell again, this time directly becoming dizzy with swirly eyes on the ground.
"Phew." Lucario exhaled a breath of relief.
Defeating Charizard was much harder than defeating Lycanroc.
If Charizard hadn't willingly lowered its flying height, Lucario would have struggled to deliver such a critical strike all at once.
Because currently, the most effective move against Charizard is Bone Rush, but if Charizard flies high enough, it can't be hit at all.
"Lucario wins!" Seeing that Charizard was unable to continue fighting, Kakashi announced the battle result.
This battle process once again validated some of Kakashi's earlier assumptions.
The restraint effect of Chakra between Pokemon significantly impacts the outcome of battles.
Based on Kakashi's understanding of both Charizard and Lycanroc, the difference in their sheer strength was minimal.
In the actual fight, Lucario easily overpowered Lycanroc, and Charizard could suppress Lucario in return, only losing due to complacency.
"It did its best. Although it lost, it also caused the opponent considerable damage." Obito said with a hint of regret.
Lycanroc: ??
Say what you will, but why keep looking at it and Kakashi?
Seeing Lycanroc's disgruntled face, Obito felt gratified inside.
Even though praising his silly dragon was a tad uncomfortable, as long as it could strike a blow against the sinister white-haired faction, it was worth it.
"Another victory gained; I was right, the body trained day in and day out will respond." Might Guy laughed heartily, feeling happy for his Pokemon.
Currently, Lucario has battled with other Pokemon three times in total, one defeat and two victories, which means its win rate is 66%, a very high win rate.
In the first two years of Might Guy at the Ninja Academy, his win rate was dismally low, almost single-digit, meaning he would win only once out of ten or several attempts.
In battles against geniuses like Kakashi, the win rate sank even further to the bottom, literally zero percent.
"Rio!" Lucario smiled back at Might Guy, then immediately looked over at Milotic.
It had the impulse to challenge Milotic.
Because Might Guy was the strongest among all the disciples, so as the Pokemon contracted with Might Guy, it naturally had to become the strongest Pokemon.
However, Lucario restrained its impulse to challenge Milotic.
The battle with Charizard had consumed a lot of its mental and physical energy, and it was even injured.
To recover to peak condition, considerable time for rest and recuperation is needed.
Now, as the cultivation ended at dusk, Lucario didn't want to waste too much time of others due to itself.
Finally, Lucario averted its gaze from Milotic and began to gather Chakra.
"Although it seems there's no problem, let's do some treatment anyway." Nohara Rin split into a Shadow Clone, preparing for the main body to heal Charizard and the clone to heal Lucario.
Milotic also came beside Nohara Rin, gathering Chakra to assist her with the healing.
Lucario shook its head, rapidly transforming the Chakra it had gathered.
'Life Dew!'
A blue-green water ball formed above Lucario.
Then the water ball burst in the air, and drop after drop of blue-green water fell onto Lucario and Charizard.
When the healing-powered drops landed on their bodies, Lucario's already minor injuries swiftly recovered.
Milotic, looking surprised at Lucario, hadn't expected this seemingly unemotional warrior to possess healing skills similar to its own.
Nohara Rin's treatment, combined with Lucario's Life Dew, quickly revived Charizard.
Feeling the cool, refreshing comfort on its body, and looking at Milotic beside it, Charizard let out a sound of gratitude.
"Aw!"
"Goddess, your medical ninjutsu is truly amazing; it feels like both mind and body are completely healed, that's what it said." Zorua translated accurately.
At this moment, the scene fell into silence.
"Why did I hatch it? It's nothing like me." Obito covered his mouth, worried he might burst into laughter.
If it weren't for being his Summoning Beast, Obito would have laughed madly. After all, it was his Summoning Beast, a bit of face had to be saved.
"Aw." After a while, Milotic explained.
"The just now Life Dew was performed by Lucario, that's what it said, hehe." Zorua couldn't help but laugh after translating.
It's professional, usually won't laugh at teammates, unless it can't help it.
Charizard froze, glanced at Milotic, then at Lucario.
Bang!
Charizard fell down again, as if the battle had left it with severe injuries, leading to only brief moments of consciousness.
No one tried to wake Charizard; everyone assumed it was unconscious, given that the recent incident may have caused more harm than the bone stick Lucario smashed into it.
"Turns out Lucario has also mastered Medical Ninjutsu; this way, even if Guy doesn't team up with us in the future, there's no worry about treatment." Kakashi concluded that the Pokemon Eggs Mokgetsu sent were all meticulously selected.
Due to the uniqueness of the Eight Gates, Kakashi had always been quite concerned about Might Guy.
The Eight Gates are indeed powerful, but once the number of gates rises, even if the body is strong, it only reduces harm, not immunity to harm, so injuries are commonplace.
Without a good Medical Ninja, it can easily result in aftereffects due to untimely treatment.
The effect of Life Dew was something Kakashi personally experienced. Among Medical Ninjutsu, it was considered advanced and absolutely sufficient in most situations.
Back home, Zorua hummed a little tune, looking to be in a great mood.
Seeing Zorua in such a cheerful mood, then recalling that the Pokemon of the other disciples had already evolved, and linking it to Zorua's earlier complaints about evolution,
Shisui formed a conjecture in his mind.
However, he couldn't be sure if his conjecture was correct because Pokemon were quite different from ordinary Summoning Beasts of the Ninja World.
"Let it be." Shisui smiled wryly. Even if the guess was correct, it was of no use. Was he to force Zorua to evolve?
PS: Two chapters together are 8k, should be a satisfying amount.
Also, at the end of the month, a little request for votes.